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had led very cor
rect and uneventful career, working as
bookkeeper i'm a large wholesale
house, dabbling in amateur authorship
as an amusement and keeping on good
terms with Aunt Julia, from a mixed
motive of duty and self-interest. Her
decease and its effects upon my fortune
practically ended my residence in the
place of my birth. No ties of init mate
friendship, affairs of the heart, nor bus
mess prospects bound me there; was
completely my own master; 1.-the world
was all before me where to choose"
In a haphazard kind of way, l set out
for tour, the unexpected and most as
tOnishing results of which have here
begun to set down.
The summer was spent at the sea-
side and the mountains, and the early
autumn found me at the city. My
presence here was in fulfillment of a
promise made six weeks before at Cape
May, to a young artist, between whom
and myself chance acquaintance had
ripened into something like mutual re-
gard. 1t was easy for me TO promise
to spend a month with him at his home,
which, as he told me, was a genteel
clearinghouse in a quiet quarter of
the city. But | did not find him; in
stead, there was letter of apology
and regret, to the effect that he had
been suddenly called by cable to Rome
by the dangerous illness of a dear
brother.
Under the circumstances, it was the
most natural thing in the world that
i should remain in this place a
while; and having nothing better
to do, / did so. Fritz's rooms at
the clearinghouse were at my service,
and at the end of the first week had
found the dozen boarders to be a
pleasant, cultivated and companion
able set. Searching as was for nov
city, and not having idled long enough
to find it tiresome, l concluded to pass
some time here. My casual literary
efforts were resumed, and the streets,
the parks, the theaters and the prints
rounded out my time.
However small the Immediate circle
in which man moves, his interest will
naturally become concentrated upon a
fraction of it. While / exchanged
polite greetings and commonplace talk
with all of the ladies and gentlemen of
Madame Breuer's homelike establish
1N.rf, h.
i thoroughly enjoyed. Peter Dingley
was a man of about twice my years,
and in appearance much older. His
grave and intellectual face bore deer
traces of suffering, and learned from
others that his earlier years had been
clouded by the effects of an unfortunate
habit, against which his present life
was a continual struggle. / shall prob
ably have occasion to describe the
events that led him once to refer to
this fact in my presence. While he
uniformly declined every thing like
convivial intercourse. he was fond of
the society of bookish men, and being
graduate of my own Alma Mater, we
were drawn together at once. Many
an evening did we pass in each others
apartments smoking, chess-playing and
discussing German literature, which
was his especial hobby.
Near the end of an October day
long pedestrian tour about the city had
brought me near the place where
Dingley was employed and l obeyed
an impulse to call on him. LIN
q general way he had told me
that he was confidential clerk and
Office factotum of one of the great
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If the natives of the Friendly
Islands suffer from a spreading ulcera-
ton they have the limb cut off with =
sharp she'll
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a DAILY TRAINS

n DAILY TRAINS
I To Washington in % ht IT'S.
To Baltimore in % hours
This is hours quicker than the fastest
time by any other line.
The Day Express runs entire trains,
consisting of Day Coaches and Palace
Sleeping Cars from St. Louis to Washing
ton and Baltimore without change.
the Night Express has Sleepers through
without change. No other line from ST.
Louis offers double daily through train
service to the National Capital.
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III.

HI.
pass briefly over the period of nv
absence. My connection with the
Liverpool house was indeed nominal
one, consisting chiefly in the calls that
| made to get Mr.. Bulstrode's frequent
and liberal drafts cashed. | travelled
all over the United Kingdom and a
large part of Europe, passing some de-
lightful months at Rome with my
artist-friend, Fritz. But for the IN
comfortable feeling that 1 was an in
voluntary exile. my enjoyment would
have been complete. Dingley wrote
me every month, always begging me
to be patient and faithful to my prom
Use, and never failing to assure me that
nay probation would speedily end.
1t did, in fact, last nearly four
years. A cablegram from Dingley
reached me at Munich. in the words,
HE is dead-come home" A month
later 1 sat with my old friend in my
room at Madame Breuer's, and heard
his story of the reason for my enforced
absence. He said that Mr. Bulstrodc
had made a very handsome provision
i'm his will for both of us, distributing
the residue of his large estate among
several public charities. Then he told
me what had never before been dis
closed to mortal ears, excepting when
the stricken man revealed it to him
that memorable October evening after
had left the Office.
Horace Bulstrode, it is to be
promised, had at that time long sur
vived his wife, his children, and all his
kindred. He was ending life as was
beginning it-alone. As Dingley had
told me, he was benevolent and relig-
ious, as well as millionaire: no man in
the city was held in higher
esteem. He had dwelt here so long,
and the passing years had so narrowed
his circle of youthful friends and famIl-
lars, that the circumstances attending
his marriage had passed out of MEM
DRY. He shudderingly recounted them
to Peter Dingley in that awful inter-
view. The lady whom he married had
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Louisville,
Washington,
Baltimore,
New York and the East

4 solid l. ly trains to Cincinnati and
Louisvill - 10 hours, with through day
Cars, p -cr Cars and Palace Sleening
Coaches. 20 change of cars for any class
of passen 7as.
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Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars
Are run by this line on Night Express
from
ST. LOJ.S TO NEW YORK
DAILY
WITHOUT CHANGE IN 80 HOURS
BEST ROUTE TO JACKSONVILLE

BEST ROUTE TO JACKSONVILLE
And winter resorts in the Southeast.
The double daily lines of Parlor Cars and
Palace Sleeping Coaches by this road from
ST. LOUIS TO CINCINNATI AND
LOUISVILLE,
with morning and evening express trains,
having Palace Hotel and Sleeping Cars to
Chattanooga, Atlanta Savannah and Jack
sonville without change. No ferries
transfers by this route.
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J.F. BARNARD,
Pres. and Gen1 Manager, Cincinnati, o.
w. B. SHATIUC,
Gen1 Pass'r Agent. Cincinnati, o.
s. d. BACON
Cen'l West'n Pass Agt, st. Louis, Mo.
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For tickets, rates, or any particular in
formation, call on ticket agents Of connect
ing lines, west, northwest and southwest,
or in st. Louis at 101 and 103 Fourth st.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-30
DARBYs PRoPHYIABFIC
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RF will purify the d rem err il wholesome
The removal of the effiuvia whirh are always
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sail on the steamer of the next after
noon. leaving all my littleDusiness af-
fairs with Dingley.
And the next afternoon as the
steamer cast loose l was not surprised
to see the bent form of Mr.. Bulstrode
on the pier among the crowd. Nothing
but the evidence of his own eyes could
assure his uneasy spirit that the At
lantic was to be put between us.
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A COWARD CONSCIENCE.
Strange Case Of Mistaken Identity,
and What Came of It.
lOriginal.l

II was in my twenty
fifth year that the
death of my aunt
removed my only
surviving kin, and
left me a legacy OF
a few thousand dol
lars. Since the close
of my college life ]
had led a very cor
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-30
INGENIOUS MONKEYS.

JAMES FRANKLIN Fits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY SIXTEEN

dollars gear for IT, sent her to Canada to con-
vent No year did she cost over $3.50, and l am
proud OF her. There q dozen converts ia Canada,
the Mother Superiors which are from old aud noble
French families, where the instruction given girls
especially Is admirable aud the difference to mans
pocket have just illustrated to you. BY the way.
Canada is America to all ntents and purposes, so we
have no quarrel that score" Hero the CONVERSE
ton changed.
W. j. Florence. the actor, la q drugstore in
Fifth Avenue the other day. inspecting and samplng
remedies for throat affection As he pulled the stop
pers out OF the various bottles he remarked: I" You
didn't know that Was druggists clerk. Never
theless that is the fact. l sometimes think a very
good chemist spoiled in my case to make a poor
actor. What life il the old drugstore can
remember the most dsagreeahle thing had to do
to make pills. We had to roll them out in those days
on board using another board tor the operation and
l generally barked my fingers and knocked of the
skin every time had them to make, so that my hands
were sore for week But what used to make me mad
was to 20 to bed and get into doze and then have
some COMPOUNDED old tramp come along and ring the
bell to get Sedlitz powder or bit of bromide L
did not mind getting up and filling prescription tor
some one that was sick, but to be rung up by chap
who wanted something because he was shaky was in
tolerable 1t used 10 make me tell him that he'd bet
ter shake himself out OF that Pretty quick"
One of the veliest men in " all Street is F. c. Hol
Inns, who generally credited with being favorite
broker OF the Wander bt family Mr.. Holllns is small
sized man with blonde complexion, yellow hair and
has bald head which might crown man who hal
lived three Years but his keen eyes have the
brightness and brilliancy OF youth. He Is a great
believer in the and wheat belt of the country
and declares that its development, great as it has
been, is only an ota of what 1t is to be.
One OF the biggest social lions Of New York is Gen
era W. T. Sherman. His presence is desired By every
body every possible OCCASION from o'clock teas to
dinners and from receptions to grand balls "Od Te-
cumseh apparently takes delight in the social whrl
Tor he goes night after night with the steady gait of
veteran New-York society campaigner The ladies say
he can pay more compliments per minute than
Frenchman. The General. by the way, says that Paris
is the most delightful city the world in which to
live of which he has any knowledge q For persons
who have money" he said the other night Paris is
the gayest and brightest place in the world What
liked about it most the clean streets the smooth
pavements the purity of the atmosphere consequent
on the magnificent SANITARY provisions, the cheap
vehicles aud the amusements. Paris is hardly as
good place for poor people to get along. as London
or NewYork But money IS well-spring OF pleasure
there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01

believed that his days as star were over. and he
actually negotiated with A. NJ Palmer at the Union
SQUARE for q position in the stock company. As a
matter OF fact Raymond pretty nearly bankrupt
then. don't think he had cent that be gould call
his own But "Fresh' was presented. 1t was Q
sbaky performance at first, for, In truth Raymond
was the worstshrstnight actor ever saw. He never
would fzsle and would not study his situations or try
to do O thing. But the moment he favorable press
comments or that his audience pleased he
worked like a wildcat. Well, Fresh" was success,
and Johr was once more in the swim.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01

now and rents are cor seqnenty highest there. The
next highestpriced section Is that from Fifty
nnthst. to ightysecond-st, between Fourth or
for rents is the West Side proper, along the west
ern edge of the Park.
These three sections are growing every year at
little or no movement now out to Harlem, and none
that know OF to Jersey or to Brooklyn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01

After n while the chairs were placed on grand
stand made TO hold 800 persons. Macy records were
made the track L. f. Myers his first mile trial
there in 435, aud also repeated in q hundred yards
handicap in ten seconds Thanksgiving Day, with
the ground covered with snow. The club was so lib
eral with its prizes that occasion there were
some 200 entries for the contests. Ia 1858 the
grounds vacated, the club having secured better
quarters at Eighth-ave. and Eightysixthst-, where
it leased the entire block and constructed track
the model OF that of the London Athletic Club These
grounds are yearly IL scene OF all the more prom'
Dent athletic contests III and about New-fork, the
intercollegiate championships the ntersch0lastic the
College of the City of NewYork, the Olympic, Nc.
Creery & Co.'S annual games to their employes. ana
other annual exhibitions besides the clubs games.
The track ia quarter OF q mile around with ~
yards straightaway the north side u feature not
possessed by any other track in America.
This first championship placed 70 the credit OF the
cherry diamonds the one mile run t4:ol ~ bY
Thomas H. Smith in 1878 Alter that the CLUB kept
on winning until il won the title OF Champion Athletic
Ciut the United States In 1882 It sent three men
to England-L. E. Myers, Hany p. Pike and Thonas
! McEwen-tospick up international honors. Myers re-
turned with the English championship Mt a quarter OF
miie, and was thereupOn made life member OF tue
club-which means that he doesn't have 10 pay dues.
This fall several Englishmen coming TO NewYork
10 try TO win back their lost prestige, as w. G.
George did in 1888. but George has lust lost all he
had in Aqstralia The Manhattan Athletic Club Is
the only American association that has, by its own
effort sent men TO England TO compete tor the annual
Championships and the only oas that has ever held
junction with English clubs Its records show some
thirty champions Of Amerca and Cana. aii one
English champion. Hitherto a meeting held within
fifty miles VI York at which the cherry diamond
ala not appear was hardly worth mentioning.
Two of the founders OF the club have passed away
George w. Thomas aud Mr.. Ridabock. But Mr.. Carr,
the perennial president, is still at the helm, prouder
than ever of his charge, of the Ias and future Of
which he loves to talk. And il Is good entertainment
to listen to him. lie must be in the neighborhood OF
thirty fvehs light silkcn hair is just be ginning to
cay goodbye to his comprehensive forehead upon
which il used TO grow low down. His bold mustache
partly hides OF the best-natured mouths ever
saw. His jaw smooth shaven sho VIZ for itself with
out speakngl and for his chin he has enough tor
lawyer He possesses the gray eye OF the General but
ii Is less cold and stern. Take him all in lump. Mr.
Carr would not brighten the most dlflident youth
neither would his appearance encourage the mid boy
10 be bold.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01

soHN RAIMoHQ ON FIRST MOTIFS
W.. ,voseph 5rooks ~ Fne chtcd6o TTlbsns
Ia Hen ne iet that Colonel Sellers was no longer
~ and he was casting about tor nav ohannJ tor
ga ssients, Fresh, the American Mas snhnttsd
-A1 'eeeFsed. But he had no faith in Il de hal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01
THE CHAMPION CLUB.
RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE MANHATTAN

NOT AS RICH AS SOME OTHER CLUBS, But AHEAD
OF THEM ALL ON RECORDS
up to last fall the Manhattan Athletic Club devoted
itself to athletics pure and simple but as ourishing
associations OF young men will do 1t has succumbed
to the inevitable and gone into society II is the old
story over again-you can't get along without the
women The club did without Ladies' Day for
nearly nine years. but when its worthy president got
lite partner not many months ago. and the club got
a new home there was q social revolution, which
brought the women 20 the front They now having
their day. This society grew grain of mustard
seed groysth. Its beginning was small George WEAR
planted; George W. Carr watered George w. Carr
gave the increase He has built for himself little
monument that is likely to Withstand the veal and
tear of time and weather His personality is the
base OF the shaft, and the superstrdcture is well
propped up by 400 sound young mcT.
The club OF the cherry diamond grew out OF a walk
ing match which took place at the American Institute
in 1877, between George w. Carr, George w.
Thomas William s. Ridabock, IT., and Robert b. Gull
bert young men in whose minds there still fingered
"reminiscences of college halls and gymnasiums and
larks. The tour had med together at the knickcr
booker Cottage In Sixthave and when the solids had
disappeared and the good things that came after had
begun to broaden the heart and diminish the under
standing there was some good-natured bantering
around the table Each man could 0utwalk his neigh
Dor. match the inevitable result of dare
You and " l take you up.'
The issue of the contest was talked about good
DEAL and one thing leading to another the four con
testants decided to firm a club that should throw
every other club Into the shade. On q certain night
they got forty OF their friends together In and
organized. In April, 1878, they were Incorporated
the articles containing these names George W. Carr
George W. Thomas George D. Parmly, Sanford b.
Pomeroy. w. c. France, IT,, Harry p. Pike, w. H.
Grifen, z. G. Quincy and John Fraser. The club
sprang into popular favor by fitting up athletic
grounds within the city limits something not before
attempted, and giving series of free exhibition
races on cinder-ash track an eighth of mile in
circuit with hundred yards of straightaway running
across il. There such thing grand stand
The club hired 200 chairs for $25 and invited the
spectators to sit in them The common opinion among
the members was that the $2J was too much. But
the people enjoyed seeing the foot between La
Montague, Wilmer, Holske, Armstrong and McEwen,
and they came again.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-23
DEEP WATER FOR TEXAS.


There appears to be lull in the once
noisy efforts to secure for Texas deep
water st some favorable point on the
coast. The engineers sent out by the
government from Washington continue TO
make stereotyped reports concerning the
various localities which are claiming
superiority rs ports of entry. The sue
cess Of government work on the Calves
ton harbor, % far as can be ascertained,
mas resulted principally in washing away
one end Of the Island while
the inordinste greed and ex-
traordinary demands of the denizens
of the Oleander City for $780, 0C0 have
convinced the general government that
securing deep water for Texas Will be al
mostsD impossible task. The various ports
around our coast have been dickered with
and appropriations of psrsimonious in
adequacy have been made from time to
time and spent in futile efforts and i'm
potent attempts to secure entrance for
vessels Of ordinary displacement, but
nothing in any way approXimating sdf-
ficieDcy or success has been accomplished.
The interests of Texas demand an outlet
and that as speedily as possible. No
matter whether certain towns are TO be
benefited or injured, the state must have
port facilities at the most convenient
point The Arkansas Pass Railroad is
most probably going TO or near where the
first and greatest of Texas ports will
eventually be established. The bar in
front of San Patricio and Nueces coun-
tics is said by government and other ex-
perts to be the naTrowest OF
anywhere around the Texas coast,
and could be removed for a nominal
cost. If s channel was once cut
through this bar, and mole or other
obstruction constructed TO prevent the
sands from flowing into it, the water from
the Neuces river, flowing at right angles
with the gulf stream, would keep the
channel clean, and indeed, If is claimed
on excellent authority, that with the gulf
sands prevented from flowing over the
channel and the sediment which
forms the bar locsened up by hydraulic
power, the natural outflow Of wa
ter would carry off the loosened
sediment ard cut a channel without
the aid OF a dredge boat. A good
harbor in this portion of The state would !;
be Of much more advantage than at aEy |
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-23

! IT IS with considerable reluctance that
THE GAZETTE speaks of the last alleged
effort of Dallas to build 4 railroad to the
northwest, and this paper would not do
I so but for the extraordinary
evidence offered by the builders,
so-called, themselves that "the
Dallas, Archer and PGcidc" is simply &
scheme, and very thin scheme at that.
The subsidy asked of Grapevine is Sj0,-
600; such bonus from Grapevine indi-
Gates thet there is absolutely nothing
behind this scheme but an audacious
attempt TO secure such. donations as may
tempt some man to build the road for the
sake of the donations. As such donations
can not DE raised the opinion is justifable
that the road will never get off the
paper route along which it is now being
built With the extension Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific westward from Gainesville,
with the AtChison, Topeka and Santa Fe
contemplating branch from Gainesville
southeast, and with the Fort Worth and
Denver laying track into the Panhandle,
what man with money and judgment is
going to risk 8 road into country GOV
cred by great trunk lines? "The d.,
a and P is the thinnest yet.